Higgs transition from a magnetic Coulomb liquid to a ferromagnet in Yb 2 Ti2O7

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chang, Lieh Jeng ^a,b   Onoda, Shigeki ^c   Su, Yixi ^d   Kao, Ying Jer ^e   Tsuei, Ku Ding ^f   Yasui, Yukio ^g,h   Kakurai, Kazuhisa ^b   Lees, Martin Richard ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYSTAL; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYSTERESIS; LIQUID; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84865582776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1989     Document Type: Article

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